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as in hissed
to make a sound like that of stretching out the speech sound \s\
with their satin costumes swishing, the little ballerinas chasséd onto the stage
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as in flapped
to move from side to side or up and down with quick jerky motions
the horse's tail swishes after every jump
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Recent Examples of swished
Jokic swished a 29-foot 3-pointer at the buzzer to give Denver a 60-51 halftime lead.
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ABC News, 28 Apr. 2026
The crowd was scattered and some left early on the Monday evening, but fans still created plenty of noise when the Lynx swished home 3-pointers and made strong defensive plays.
—Pj Green
april 28, Kansas City Star, 28 Apr. 2026
Stephen Curry swished a 3-pointer on his second shot from deep and raised his arms in delight when the ball went through.
—CBS News, 6 Apr. 2026
Karaban swished his first and only 3-pointer of the night.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 2026
With Duke playing keep-away to prevent the Huskies from fouling, Cayden Boozer’s pass near midcourt was deflected by Demary, and after UConn came up with the ball, Mullins swished a 3 from 35 feet away.
—Noah Trister, Baltimore Sun, 29 Mar. 2026
Six times his arcing shot swished through the net.
—Mike Cook, Twin Cities, 29 Mar. 2026
As the shot swished through the net, James lifted Kennard off his feet.
—Benjamin Royer, Oc Register, 22 Mar. 2026
David flicked, a 3-pointer swished, and the junior stretched his vocal cords to the cavernous audience at the Coliseum with an early dagger.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 15 Mar. 2026
ABC News, 28 Apr. 2026
The crowd was scattered and some left early on the Monday evening, but fans still created plenty of noise when the Lynx swished home 3-pointers and made strong defensive plays.
—Pj Green
april 28, Kansas City Star, 28 Apr. 2026
Stephen Curry swished a 3-pointer on his second shot from deep and raised his arms in delight when the ball went through.
—CBS News, 6 Apr. 2026
Karaban swished his first and only 3-pointer of the night.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 2026
With Duke playing keep-away to prevent the Huskies from fouling, Cayden Boozer’s pass near midcourt was deflected by Demary, and after UConn came up with the ball, Mullins swished a 3 from 35 feet away.
—Noah Trister, Baltimore Sun, 29 Mar. 2026
Six times his arcing shot swished through the net.
—Mike Cook, Twin Cities, 29 Mar. 2026
As the shot swished through the net, James lifted Kennard off his feet.
—Benjamin Royer, Oc Register, 22 Mar. 2026
David flicked, a 3-pointer swished, and the junior stretched his vocal cords to the cavernous audience at the Coliseum with an early dagger.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 15 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for swished
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His line drive hissed past a leaping Steffen for a 3-2 Miami lead.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
19 Apr. 2026
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Like the tongues of a multi-headed snake, the Trail of Tears hissed through Chattanooga, Northern Alabama, Western North Carolina, Middle Tennessee and up through Southern Illinois, down through Missouri, across Arkansas before stopping in what is now Eastern Oklahoma.—
Keith Sharon,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2026
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The jacket hugged every contour of your torso and never flapped in the wind.—
The Editors,
Outside,
18 Mar. 2026
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As is customary for the deaths of first responders, a gigantic American flag flapped from a crane outside the morgue.—
Sam Charles,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Mar. 2026
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Down 2-1 in the 11th minute of stoppage time, Pinnock’s pass was flicked on by Sowunmi at the near-post and nodded down by striker Marcus Dinanga for 18-year-old George Evans to score.—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
New York Times,
23 Apr. 2026
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Earlier, Freiburg took the lead when Maximilian Eggestein flicked Matthias Ginter’s header past the goalkeeper at a corner in the 28th minute.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
23 Apr. 2026
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The game swung on these knife-edge moments, but the actual performance levels were similar from both teams.—
Mark Carey,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2026
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But as the ball swung around the perimeter, opportunities arose for the likes of Dosunmu and McDaniels to crack the paint off the bounce.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
24 Apr. 2026
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Pebbles twitched, branches waggled, cholla wiggled, weeds erupted then dried up and died.—
Alina Hartounian,
NPR,
20 Apr. 2026
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Kearse twitched briefly after the lethal drugs began entering his system but stopped moving several minutes later.—
Freida Frisaro,
Sun Sentinel,
3 Mar. 2026
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Crews then raced to recover the astronauts aboard the vehicle, which bobbed for a few hours in the Pacific Ocean near California.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
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Draped across a sumptuous velvet chaise longue within the art deco splendour of Eltham Palace, Susie Cave is moonlighting as a fabulous Biba-bobbed lady of the manor.—
Alice Newbold,
Vogue,
20 Apr. 2026
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In response, Estabrook wagged his finger toward the Bombers’ bench in the fourth inning.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
1 Apr. 2026
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Kadri looked up, briefly, then wagged a gloved finger in appreciation.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
9 Mar. 2026
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The plane jerked to a stop as two trucks passed just feet in front of its nose.—
Alexandra Skores,
CNN Money,
16 Apr. 2026
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We are jerked between past and present as his backstory gets filled in, one jogged memory at a time.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
13 Mar. 2026
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“Swished.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swished. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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